Third baseman Chris Johnson was removed from the game in the middle of the sixth inning after fouling a ball off his leg. Meanwhile, shortstop Marwin Gonzalez remained in but has the team concerned about an aggravation of the heel bruise that kept him on the disabled list for 5 1/2 weeks recently.

Scott Moore, who would later hit a home run, replaced Johnson after the starter left with a nasty souvenir.

“He fouled that ball off his leg and nobody really thought anything of it because he shook it off,” manager Brad Mills said. “He came in and raised up his leg and man, it looked almost like a grapefruit.”

Mills called the removal precautionary and said Johnson could be OK for Saturday.

As for Gonzalez, there’s a more significant concern even though he did stay in the game. The heel injury was extremely similar to the first one that put him on the disabled list, as he was running down the first base line and ultimately got into second on a defensive misplay on both occasions.

This time, he hobbled around behind second base for a while but stayed in.

“That still is a scare,” Mills said, adding that Gonzalez would be re-evaluated Saturday.

The Astros still have to make a move Saturday in order to activate starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel.